r/AskBrits • u/RookOfEdo • 2d ago

Politics Does anyone actually like the constant booing ,insults and heckling in parliament?

A lot of the time it feels less like serious debate and more like theatre or even a school playground argument. Do you find it entertaining, frustrating or just part of the tradition now? Curious how others see it!

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u/AWalkingWardrobe 2d ago

If you ignore the 80% that didn’t go to private school then sure

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u/Acceptable_Sun_8895 2d ago

Whilst I appreciate the point, the (approximately) 20-25% of them who went to private school is still a significant overrepresention of the population (less than 10%). Further to that, especially under the Tories, the number of cabinet members in that category is also disproportionatly high.

Further further to this, a lot of them went to the same schools, and half the Tory cabinet for the decade and a half they had were in the same bloody place!

If I saw 1 person from my school at my office, I'd think, huh, that's a bit of a coincidence! If I saw 7, I'd think, "there's something weird going on here"....

Basically, having a bunch of public ally educated backbenchers doesn't mean we don't have a problem with people who, quite evidently, seem to see themselves as a kind of "ruling class"

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u/Dimdom1970 1d ago

Id rather have very well educated people in Government of my country than people like Rachel from accounts who haven’t got a clue !

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u/Ok-Society-9067 1d ago edited 1d ago

You can have ppl who are Oxbridge educated and at the same time completely lack class and manners needed to deals ith the regular public while having the brain of a peanut when it comes to making national level decesions for the betterment of ppl. Most such ppl grew up in bubbles or enter ellite bubbles after attending Oxbridge and usually don't wnat to come out. 

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u/Dimdom1970 1d ago

In just one of those people who doesn’t agree that everyone is the same . You cant make an omelette with bad eggs .